Introduction to Mass Media
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- Syllabus
- List of Assignments for the Semester
- Review for the Midterm
- Review for Final
- Quiz #1 - due 9/10 (Wednesday)
- Quiz #2 - due 9/24 (Wednesday)
- Radio Stations for Interface Assignment
- Interface Examples
- Ch1 - The Changing Media Landscape
- How Instant Messaging Works - From HowStuffWorks.com
- Circuits - technology section from NYTimes, updated every Thursday
- MeetUp - using the web to organize real-world meetings
- The myth of interactivity on the internet
- Networked Interactivity - classic academic article on interactivity - good starting place for your own research
- Surveillance & Society - academic journal
- NYC Surveillance Camera Project - NY Civil Liberties Union project to identify and map surveillance cameras on the streets of NYC
- Silicon Valley Dan Gillmor's blog on technology and new media
- Ch2 - Media Literacy and Ethics
- Center for Media Literacy
- Media Violence & Media Literacy
- Journal of Mass Media Ethics - academic journal about media ethics
- Media Ethics bibliography - from the Poynter Institute (journalism thinktank)
- Ethics - from the Online Journalism Review
- Outdoor Media and how media use is affected by fragmentation
- Evaluating WebSites from the Cornell Library
- Thinking Critically about Websites - from UCLA
- Ch3 - Books, Newspapers & Magazines
- NYTimes.comBook Reviews section - reviews, best seller lists, sample chapters, author interviews
- Book-a-Minute - book summaries you can read in about a minute
- Comic Book Resources
- Coloring the Comic Book - Wired news story by Randy Dotinga, 7/19/03
- Marvel comics
- Comics info from Publishers weekly
- Industry Forecasts from Publsihers Weekly
- Publishers Weekly - book publishing trade organization
- Book publishing in Germany from Euromonitor, executive summary available for free
- Association of American Publishers - book publishing trade organization, press releases, statistics
- Magazine Publishers of America - magazine publishing trade organization
- Harry Potter offical website from Scholastic publishing
- Manga.com - Japanese comic books, they're not just for kids
- US Manga - a manga importer
- amazon.com - online book sales, consumer reviews, wish lists, sample chapters, etc.
- USA Today's Book section - reviews, sample pages, some industry news
- Mergers change landscape - article from Publishers Weekly about mergers in book publishing industry
- Ch4 - Photography & Movies
- Photography from Smithsonian museums in Washington DC
- Edweard Muybridge - Photographer - from the American History Museum (part of the Smithsonian)
- NYTimes.com movie section - reviews, showtimes, movie technology news
- USA Today.com's Movie section - movies & more movies, reviews, industry news, gossip
- movies.com - movie reviews,trailers, and local showtimes- this site is becoming increasingly popular with web users
- Four Word Film Reviews - just for fun
- Movie-a-minute - movie summaries you can read in about a minute
- Joe Bob Briggs - movie reviews and commentaries - he's a hoot, and a journalist by trade
- Internet Movie Database
- MovieFlix - has movies, tv shows, cartoons - have to register but many movies free (DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY)
- AtomFilms
- iFilm
- American Movie Classics - has a movie companion database, program schedules, games
- Cinemax - has background info on their Reel Life documentaries, programming schedules, chat rooms
- BoxOfficeMojo - box office rankings each weekend plus historical data, genre info, some industry news & gossip
- Ch5 - Music Recordings, Radio, Television
- USA Today's Music section - reviews, industry news
- USA Today's TV section - reviews, industry news
- Radio and Records Online
- All Music Guide
- Jump the Shark - where good tv shows go bad
- Comedy Central - special features about on-air programming, store, games & contests
- Fine Living - niche channel not on the air on regular cable in Ithaca (Digital?), has newsletter you can sign up for, info n how to maximize your time and money while enjoying fine living
- Game Show Network - another niche channel not on analog cable in Ithaca, has games you can play, weekly sweepstakes, trivia, chatrooms
- Hallmark Channel - behind the scenes info for on-air programs, photo galleries, cast interviews, newsletter, sweepstakes
- Outdoor Life Network -
- Showtime - programming schedules, special pages for hit programs, sweepstakes
- QVC - the home shopping network's online shopping service
- Sundance Channel - program guide, discussion boards, show background info
- Univision
- We:Women's Entertainment - program guide, games, contests, polls, discussion boards
- Parents Television Council - group that issues a list of the top 10 worst shows on TV each year
- Ch6 - Digital Media: Online & Ubiquitous
- PaidContent.org - the economics of online content
- AOL's new business model - CNET article from 1997
- Online Publishing News
- Internet Society
- Ch7 - Storing, Representing, & Retrieving Digital Content
- Ch8 - User Interface
- Human-Computer Interface section - of the Google.com directory
- Top Ten Usability Heuristics - from Jakob Nielsen (big name in the usability field
- UseIt.com - Jakob Nielsen's website - lots of articles and usability news
- First Principles interaction info from key Apple designer Bruce Tognazzini
- Interface section from the WebStyleGuide
- Task Centered User Interface Design online book
- Ch9 - Bringing the Masses to Mass Communication
- Ch10 - Journalism
- Poynter - journalism thinktank
- Freedom Forum - 1st Amendment organization
- Ch11 - Entertainment
- TestPattern - pop culture blog from msnbc.com
- X-Entertainment - weird, weird, weird - but fun
- CNN site on Media & Entertainment Companies
- Boing boing - calls itself a directory of wonderful things - always something interesting, funny, bizarre
- Lycos50 Blog - comments on internet culture and search trends from the folks who bring you the weekly top 50 search terms and lists
- BlogCritics - blogs on the arts - music, literature, film, pop culture - and technology
- Broadway Entertainment - digital entertainment example
- Adult Video News - news and industry info from the adult entertainment (read pornography) industry, has some legal info too about censorship
- Internet Statistics
- IGDA - International Game Developer Association, trade association for computer game developers
- Games * Design * Art * Culture - weblog about the computer/video game industry
- Ch12 - Advertising & PR
- PR Opinions
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 from Library of Congress
- Ch13 - Media Research & Effects
- Pew Research Project on the People adn the Press
- Combining Qualitative & Quantitative Research
- QualPage - resources for qualitative research
- The Qualitative Report
- Media Violence a Threat to Kids from AdBusters
- VideoGames and Children
- VideoGames and their Effects
- The Effects of Pornography
- Ch14 - Communication Law & Regulation
- Project Censored
- Accuracy in Media
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
- Media Research Organization
- Filters & the Public Library - academic article from First Monday onlien journal
- ALA information on Filters
- FCC - Federal Communication Commission, the guys responsible for regulating the communication industry
- V Chip info from the FCC
- How the V Chip works
- Ch15 - Mass Communication & Politics
- Campaigns & Elections - politics trade journal
- The Hill - political newspaper read by many in federal government
- Ch16 - Media & Convergence: International Perspectives
- Convergence Chaser - column from Poynter Institute
- Generally Helpful Links
- Google.com - search engine
- American Memory collections from the Library of Congress
- Free Expression Clearinghouse from the Free Expression Network
